Now, with the benefit of hindsight, he says it all comes down to
"thinking about how to do things faster, better, more efficiently
and by finding ways to make your ideas take root," he says. If
Wagoner had followed that advice —
Jobs' signature formula— he
would have invested his company's efforts differently.

Be open to new ideas and be flexible when they hit, he says, so
as not to lose track of the entrepreneurial mindset, which
thrives on pushing boundaries, testing new ideas, and challenging
the status quo instead of adapting to it. "Opportunities will
arise that you can't even imagine today," he says.

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